Girls' name · since 1912
Michalena
Since 1912, U.S. Social Security records show 21 babies named Michalena, peaking in 1919. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #45,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1912
- 1910s
- peak decade
Michalena is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 21 have been recorded since 1912.
Michalena has 21 recorded births among girls since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1920.
- #45,511 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1912
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Michalena ranks #45,511 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1912, peaking in the 1910s.
- #45,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1912
- 1910s
- peak decade
Michalena's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Michalena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Michalena's full recorded timeline at 1919, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1912, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Michalena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1920
- Peak year (1919)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Michalena by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (16 births, 76% of the file).
1910s was Michalena's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Michalena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1910s
1910s
16 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 16 births (76% of all-time use).
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What to do with Michalena's data
- Michalena's decade-level peak was the 1910s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1920s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Michalena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–1920 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Michalena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.